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MARY POPPINS Takes Flight in Providence!

Ticket WINNER and Family Night Pricing

January 26, 2012

The MARY POPPINS ticket winner is:  Lori Dorsey

 Congrats!  You will be contacted by email with more info!

Broadway's Magical Hit Musical MARY POPPINS coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center February 8th through February 19th. Amica Insurance.

The entire original creative team has reunited to bring this magical story of the world’s most famous nanny to audiences around North America.  The MARY POPPINS North American Tour began performances on March 25, 2009 and has played to two million delighted theatregoers in over 30 cities to date.

MARY POPPINS, a co-production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006. Based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS the stage play features the Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.  The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who has written the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.

Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre leads the award-winning creative team, with co-direction and choreography by Tony® and Olivier Award winner Matthew Bourne.  MARY POPPINS features set and costume design by Tony® Award winner Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, orchestrations by William David Brohn, and music supervision by David Caddick.  The tour’s creative team includes Tour Director Anthony Lyn, Associate Choreographer Geoffrey Garrett, and Music Director Daniel Bowling.  

Family Night Pricing is now being offered for the Friday, February 17th performance of Mary Poppins. With the purchase of regularly priced ticket, receive a kid's ticket of equal value FREE. Available for selected seating locations only. To purchase, visit or contact the PPAC Box Office (401) 421-ARTS.

Tickets for MARY POPPINS are on sale now at the PPAC Box Office, online at ppacri.org and by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787).  The PPAC Box Office is located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence.